Children often struggle to memorize multiplication facts, as Hechinger reported, but research suggests it may be worth the effort. Cognitive scientists say that learning your times tables by heart ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

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Three Mineola High School students have transformed the staircases of a district elementary school to teach a unique math lesson. Ninth-graders Sarah DeSena, Grace Faley and Deanna Polosino placed a ...

These days there are targets for everything, and maths teaching is no exception. The National Numeracy target has been set so that by next year, 75% of all 11 year olds in England will reach the ...